"All men are alike when asleep...." - Quote by Aristotle

“Since music has so much to do with the molding of character, it is necessary that we teach it to our children.”

“Let us first understand the facts and then we may seek the cause.”

“He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.”

“Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be.”

“Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.”

“Nature distributes her favors unequally.”

“The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women. If it's educating its girls, if women have equal rights, that country is going to move forward. But if women are oppressed and abused and illiterate, then they're going to fall behind.”

“Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. They do not belong to particular persons any more than the sun, moon and stars.”

“I sincerely wish you may find it convenient to come here. the pleasure of the trip will be less than you expect, but the utility greater. it will make you adore your own country, it's soil, it's climate, it's equality, liberty, laws, people & manners. my god! how little do my countrymen know.”